Home of LICEO DE ZAMBOANGA / Swimming Capital of Zamboanga del Sur / The Isthmus of Zamboanga Peninsula
By Amando Respicio Boncales

Friday, November 23, 2007

Tukuran as of 2002

The development of Tukuran depends on the increasing number of population and investors.The expected establishments of the lime quarry and cement factory will boost the town revenue.Telecommunication lines of PLDT, SMART, and PILTEL were established.The support of the local leaders in the development of TukuranBeach – related Industry advanced the tourism industry.[1]

The modes of vehicular transportation were Jeep to cater Pagadian-Tukuran commuters, motor car serves as artillery in remotepart of Tukuran while sakayan, a pump boat caters for the costal inhabitants of Tagulo and Sugod.Sikad-sikad, pedaled cabs serve the needs of local commuters within poblacion.The town remains as the center of all transportation system where the terminals were provided for motor cabs and jeeps to-and-from the destination.There where no educational institutions offering tertiary education or vocational education.[2]

Thus, DENR reforestation project was awarded to private constructors for reforestation with funding assistance from the Asian Development Bank ADB (Today, forest resources are endangered of being completely destroyed due to kaingin method of slash and burn of the farmers and illegal tree cutting).[3]

FishingPort is located in the heart of the municipality to ensure the safety of the big time boat operator from Bugsik or being carted every time they anchor at Tukuran for discharging.Fishing is the main livelihood of the coastal barangay.Several fishing vessels and bancas unloaded their fish catch.These fishing vessels usually bring along to the sea a storage boxes to prevent the spillage of fish catch.The average annual fish unloaded in the municipality is almost 13 metric tons to be specific that is 12.88 metric tons.These were exported to the neighboring cities and provinces.[4]

Poblacion is however the center of all commercial and industrial activity in the entire municipality.Subsequently, relatively bigger establishment are located in poblacion were basic services of day-to-day activity of the populace.In addition to this, sari-sari store are scattered near the institutional sites.Local entrepreneurs in the locality have concentrated themselves in trading of manufactured goods.Industrial establishments are also found including small scale marble mining in barangayBaclay and Tabuan,furnitureshops,rice andcorn mills,iceplants,foodprocessingshops,quarryofsandandgravels,auto repair shops,fishfry collectors, shipbuilding/shipducking andfishing.[5]

Today the local natural spots are hot springs in barangay Luy-a, historic beach resort and Tabuan cave.Manmade spots are fortAlfonso XII locally known as FortMilitar and LGU resort.Although these mentioned spots have potentials for tourism,onlyBeach Related Industry arefullydeveloped fortourism purposes.

rich history and culture

History gives light to some forgotten events of the past that people need to know in order to understand how those things came to exist. It also enhances the patriotism and nationalism of the people. In order to realize the significance and relevance of local history to national history, the need to document these places should therefore be emphasized. One of the places, which ought to be revisited, is the municipality of Tukuran, ZamboangaDelSur.